ATBECHDEDKESFRGBGRITLILUNLSEMCPTIESILTLVFIROMKCYALTRBGCZEEHU..SK................JDIM350 (Ver 2.1 Jan 2001) 1620000/01441287EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONA320050803EP04250134.620040113EnEnEn200301258720030121JP20050803200531200407282004317 7G 06F 9/445 A 7H 04L 29/06 BdeSoftwareherunterladungssystem, Kommunikationsgerät, Herunterladungszentrale, und Informationsaufzeichnungsmedium mit KommunikationsprogrammenSoftware download system, communication apparatus, download center, and information recording medium with communication programfrSystème de téléchargement de logiciel, appareil de communication, centre de téléchargement, et support d'enregistrement d'informations avec logiciel de communicationNONEPioneer Corporation02812422SAH03098EP4-1 Meguro 1-chome, Meguro-kuTokyo-toJPHoshino, Hironobu, c/o Pioneer CorporationKawagoe Works, No. 25-1 Aza-Nishicho, YamadaKawagoe-shi, Saitama-kenJPHaley, Stephen00079721Gill Jennings & Every, Broadgate House, 7 Eldon StreetLondon EC2M 7LHGBATBEBGCHCYCZDEDKEEESFIFRGBGRHUIEITLILUMCNLPTROSESISKTRALLTLVMK20050803200531

A software download system (1) comprises a receiving apparatus (10) and a download center (20) that are connected via a communication line. The receiving apparatus (10) comprises a software storage unit (11) which stores a receiving software, a request information generating unit (12) which generates request information including a receiving condition or state of the receiving apparatus (10), a request information transmitting unit (13) which transmits the request information, a software receiving unit (14) which receives the receiving software, a software rewrite controlling unit (15) which rewrites the software storage unit (11) with the received receiving software, and a receiving unit (17) which executes the stored receiving software. The download center (20) comprises a software accumulating unit (21) which accumulates different kinds of receiving software, a request information receiving unit (22) which receives the request information, a software selecting unit (23) which selects an optimal receiving software in accordance with the request information, and a software transmitting unit (24) which transmits the selected receiving software.